Explosive Bakes

Rex wasn't the only one who could smell something wasn't quite right with the defunct shuttered bakery that hadn't baked a loaf in the last ten years. Someone had to be paying for the electricity or stealing it from somewhere else nearby with the help of someone who could handle the task of tapping into a high-voltage power panel and also hacking the grid's consumption metering equipment and software.

It definitely wasn't something your average street punk or mob goon could pull off, and unless an electrical engineer suddenly found himself homeless and thought a pile of old bags of flour might make a good bed, the odds that Rex sniffed out something significant were huge.

"Good boy Rex," Zeph said while pulling out a piece of dried meat to reward him with as he felt the hairs on the back of his neck stand up. The treat was enough to get Rex to stop scratching at the door long enough for him to think about how to move forward.